I took James to the good doc this morning for what I figured would be a "no news" visit, but since we're planning to potty train this weekend, I wanted to be sure. Because we would have scrapped all plans for PT bootcamp had James been deemed sick. He'd been pulling at his ears (mostly his right ear) for about a week and a half. I chocked it up to teething. This week he's also been trying to stick toys in his ear, as if to itch it, and saying "huwt". Hmmm... perhaps he got some water in his ears at the splash park? Since we were naughty and forgot the earplugs? But then last night I noticed his throat was a little red and swollen. So we just HAD to get him checked over.
We waited and waited in the waiting room. For an hour and a half. That is the one BIG drawback to using the most popular pediatrician in town. James was well behaved though. He ate his sandwich. He made some friends. And he continually walked over to the door leading back to the exams rooms saying "My doctor. My door." and asking for "Doctor 'Mith!" Wow, what a change from his view of the doc just a few months ago... He got brownie points with her for that!
Anyway, he weighed in at 31.8 lbs. No temp (as expected, we've been checking constantly). Ears clear and tubes in place. Strep test negative. 2 hours and $25 to find out what we thought all along... teething! (FYI, apparently a sore throat can also lead to ear tugging.) Sure hope those top molars break through soon. Before PT bootcamp commences on Saturday morning would be awesome. But we're not holding our breath...
Since James was awesome for Doc Smith (he sat still, laid back, and didn't mind a bit getting his heart and ears and lungs and throat checked - he just kept saying "Almost finished"), she gave him a sucker. He then earned EXTRA brownie points with her by saying "Thank you. Geen!" She was impressed that he knew the color of the sucker. And was so polite. And instead of telling her bye-bye, he said "See you!" as we finally walked out the door.
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